LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A man from Northern Ireland has been indicted in a large-scale ticket scam that cost the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts over $100,000 in losses.
Ajibola Odutan was formally indicted on Sept. 3 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to court documents, Odutan and several co-conspirators — some identified, others not — used stolen credit card information to purchase tickets to performances of Wicked at the Kentucky Center between September and October 2023.
The fraudulently obtained tickets were then resold on platforms such as StubHub, reaching unsuspecting buyers.
Funds from these ticket sales were deposited into accounts allegedly controlled by Odutan and his co-conspirators. Victims whose credit card information was stolen eventually discovered the unauthorized charges and disputed them, prompting chargebacks from the credit card companies.
By the time the fraudulent transactions were uncovered, the Kentucky Center had already honored the invalid tickets and could not recover the funds, resulting in a six-figure financial loss.
Odutan is scheduled for a status conference on Oct. 9, with a trial date set for Nov. 10.
